Thinking Skills_ Critical Thinking 1

Judges, juries and referees have to be an example of :

• Vested interest

• Bias

• Truth

• Neutrality

A strong reason for wanting something to happen because you will gain from it

• Bias

• Vested interest

• Selectivity

• Context

When a judge asks a specific person who has specific knowledge about a matter he or she doesn't know much, he or she is relying on somebody else's:

• Credibility

• Vested interest

• Truth

• Expertise

If we find two pieces of evidence which point in the same direction, we've found some

• Eyewitness account

• Selective evidence

• Corroborative evidence

• Source

In order to be credible, evidence has to be true.

• True

• False

Eyewitness accounts are usually the most credible pieces of evidence

• True

• False

If UNICEF releases a report with information on children's malnutrition, it will be considered a credible source of information.

• True

• False

The strength of your evidence, and your use of it, can make or break your argument.

• True

• False

An argument is a group of statements some of which are offered in support of another statement, the conclusion.

• True

• False

Reputation is one of the credibility criteria that can be used to assess the credibility of a source.

• True

• False